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Give Your Company a Much Needed Breather: 7 Ways to Reduce Stress in the Workplace

There’s a lot of literature showing how workplace stress negatively impacts employee health, and unhealthy employees can greatly affect the company bottom line. Making matters even more difficult, the current economic crisis has forced companies to lean down, which has placed a larger burden on the existing workforce. When employees are stressed, they are less engaged, less productive, and more likely to miss days at work due to stress-related illness.  Research suggests that stress weakens our immune system and increases inflammation which makes us more prone to illnesses ranging from the common cold to heart disease. In fact, some studies show that two specific types of workplace stress can take a toll on our cardiovascular system. The first type of stress involves the physical strain of having to do more with less.  Taking on additional responsibilities and having to accomplish more work in less time is a common example. The second type of stress occurs when employees ...

Steps To Follow While Purchasing Ergonomic Products!

Ergonomic products are designed to reduce the pain or inconvenience, which occur in your body when you work in front of your computer for long period of time. You cannot expect which type of pain or problem may occur to you in the starting days of working with your computer. It all depends upon the time you spend in front of your computer, working environment, comfort levels, your position, etc. Not all the ergonomic products are best ones! The recent studies have proved that not all the ergonomic products are suitable for all. Depending on your necessity and seating position, you have to select the right ergonomic product which is suitable for you. Steps to follow while purchasing right ergonomic products which are suitable for you: • Don’t feel like I don’t need ergonomic products in the starting days itself. In the starting days of working with your computer, you don’t feel pain at different parts of your body. If you take proper care in these days, you will not be affected w...

Stand Up & Move About, It’s Good for Your Health!

The evidence is mounting as multiple studies reveal that sitting too long contributes to major health risks, some life-threatening. In fact, research shows that prolonged sitting at conventional desks can cut as much as 2 years off an average lifespan. On the contrary standing improves overall health, helps you lose weight by burning more calories (while standing), reduces cancer risks by 30%, heart disease by 46%, decreases back and neck strain, reduces carpel tunnel syndrome and boosts overall mental clarity. While specific tasks may benefit from a particular sitting or standing position, overall physical health and mental acuity is substantially increased while a person stands.  Standing facilitates optimal blood flow, particularly in combination with occasional movement that naturally occurs when we stand.  The improved circulation carries oxygen-rich blood which, in turn, stimulates cellular activity.  And while this cellular activity boosts the functioning of major...

Never make these posture mistakes.

We all know the importance of maintaining a good posture to prevent workplace stress, strain an injury. And you may think that you are sitting correctly and maintaining a good posture for the most part in your work day, however it could be that you are making certain posture mistakes without realizing. Make sure that you are not making these common posture mistakes – Slouching is the most common posture mistake, which should be avoided since it puts the vertebrae under more pressure, also one must avoid sitting in a way that puts the body weight more on one than on the other side. Sitting with the computer monitor to one side is also to be avoided. Even if you don’t spend all your work day on the computer, when you do work on the computer, the monitor should be to the front and not away to the side. This can cause you to twist the neck and torso at unnatural angles. Solve the problem by rearranging the desk or by using a long arm monito...

Ergonomic Tips that for Safe Computing

How To Set Up The Monitor To Avoid Wrong Posture, Back Pain Neck-pain Postures and Eyestrain? Our  ultimate objective  is to maintain a neutral body position while sitting and working. A neutral body position allows for a relaxed position and the natural alignment of body joints. Adjusting furniture height and placement of computer workstation accessories to reduce bending and stretching will reduce stress, strain, and minimize the risk of injury. This applies first and foremost to your monitor .  The ideal viewing height is to have your eyes level with an imaginary line across the screen, about 2"-3" below the top of the monitor. If your screen is too low, you'll find yourself tilting your head forward to view the monitor (a common cause of neck pain). If it's too high, you may have to tilt your head back, leading to neck and shoulder pain - and increasing the likelihood of glare from overhead lights (a common cause of headaches). The usual stand pro...